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To: "maps-l" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:45:31 PM
Subject: Re: Help determine projection
From Jerry Sullivan at Facebook ...
John Snyder had a paper / program to determine any map projection from measuring 9 points on a map ... perhaps ESRI list serve, USGS R&D (Lynn & Co.) ?
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From: "John Cloud - NOAA Affiliate" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 5:37:38 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Help determine projection
look at:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1532/report.pdf
John
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee < [log in to unmask] > wrote:
Hi John,
Do you know anything about projections used by the USGS around 1912-1916? See message below ...
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee < [log in to unmask] > wrote:
Any idea of the projection of these maps:
... State maps dating around 1912-1916.
U.S. Geological Survey
State of [____] : lands designated by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of the Enlarged Homestead Acts / Department of the Interior ; compiled and drawn by I.P. Berthrong ; engraved by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Example here:
http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/wyoming%20homestead%20act.jpg
Thanks!
Angie
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